Article 642
He who has a spring in his land may always use the waters at his will within the limits and for the needs of his inheritance. The owner of a spring may no longer use it to the prejudice of the owners…
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He who has a spring in his land may always use the waters at his will within the limits and for the needs of his inheritance. The owner of a spring may no longer use it to the prejudice of the owners…
Any owner has the right to use and dispose of rainwater that falls on his land.If the use of this water or the direction given to it aggravates the natural flow easement established by article 640, co…
Any public custodian of documents alleged to be forged, or having been used to establish forgeries, is required, by order of the examining magistrate, to hand them over to him and to provide, where ap…
If, during a hearing of a tribunal or court, a document in the proceedings, or a document produced, is alleged to be forged, the court shall decide, after hearing the observations of the public prosec…
When, as a result of an extraordinary cause, minutes of judgments or rulings rendered in criminal, correctional or police matters and not yet executed, or proceedings in progress and their copies draw…
In all investigations for forgery, the investigating judge, as soon as the document alleged to be forged has been produced before him or has been placed in the hands of the court, shall order it to be…
An application to register a forgery against a document produced before the Court of Cassation shall be addressed to the First President. It is filed at the court registry. It is signed by the applica…
Any owner may oblige his neighbour to demarcate their adjoining properties. The demarcation is carried out at joint expense.
The foregoing provisions shall not preclude the power of judges, in urgent cases, to shorten time limits for appearing or to allow summonses to be issued on a fixed date.
Where an act or formality must be completed before the expiry of a time limit, the time limit originates from the date of the act, event, decision or notification that causes it to run.
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